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“In 2000 and again in 2004, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force quantifying the deaths and other health affects attributable to the fine particle pollution from power plants. In this newly updated study, CATF examines the progress towards cleaning up one of the nation’s leading sources of pollution. The …
The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America’s Dirtiest Energy Source, Published: September 2010 Among all industrial sources of air pollution, none poses greater risks to human health and the environment than coal-fired power plants. Emissions from coalfired power plants contribute to global warming, ozone smog, acid rain, regional haze, …
2007 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico Geographic Area Statistics “These data provide details about businesses engaged in sectors other than manufacturing and construction. Data are presented for Puerto Rico commercial regions and municipios. The report also includes product-line sales data for wholesale and retail trades by kind of business for Puerto Rico.”
FTC Order Requires Dun & Bradstreet to Divest Previously Acquired Marketing Data Business to Restore Competition “The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation will divest certain key assets as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that is designed to address the competitive harm caused by its acquisition of Quality Educational Data (QED), its nearest …
News release: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt today announced a landmark proposal to fight fatigue among commercial pilots by setting new flight time, duty and rest requirements based on fatigue science…The FAA proposes to set a nine-hour minimum opportunity for rest prior to the duty period, a …
News release: “The contiguous United States had its fourth-warmest summer (June-August) on record, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report issued today. The report also showed the August average temperature was 75.0 degrees F, which is 2.2 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. Last months average precipitation was 2.41 inches, 0.19 …
